How it works
This is a section that applies to the Blocks - the shared areas that offer different interests to explore, mainly but not solemly, for children. Especially those who don’t live at APTB but come with or without their parents to spend the days in our community.
Hours
As we’re not a school or day care center, we don’t have opening hours.
We welcome members and friends to our neighborhood-in-the-making. In the beginning, when houses are not build yet, and we’ll only spend the days at APTB, we’ll gather according to our community’s wants and needs.
The beginning
Once we’ve inaugurated we will take some time to get to know each other without offering any classes yet. Children can play freely as they wish and from there we’ll build an organic class structure according to their interests and passions. It’s an organic process of using the free market. We’ll offer container buildings that we can use right from the start.
Clubs
When a person (parent, partner, child or visitor) has something unique to share that isn’t being offered yet, the person can create a note on our board visible to everyone, and let others know when and where (s)he will be teaching the class. Anybody interested can then simply show up on time and then decide if (s)he wants to continue attending the class in the future.
Adults at APTB
The part that adults play is a passive act. They are called Patners at APTB and also follow their interests. They are available when a child asks a question or for help. Children also set their own standards of achievement so there is no need for any adult to either praise, critique or test them. Partners only help or give input when a child specifically asks for it.
You can read more about this in our Guidelines.
Meal times
There’ll be an outdoor kitchen for everybody to use, but we won’t have specific meal times. Kids bring their own food and eat whenever they feel hungry. Adults are always around to help and everyone can eat together or apart, have picnics, snacks etc when the hunger calls.
Proof of Co-work
There will be a Coworking space that parents and older kids can use. As we know that children like to do what adults do and learn this way, grown-ups can outsource tasks, let children ask questions about their work and let them help out if that’s ok with the adult.
There’ll be one part of the coworking space marked as ‘A Place to Be Working QUIETLY‘. Everybody in this area must remain silent and not disturb anybody working and children know that adults in there have no task to offer.